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A. T. VAN ALSTYN.

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APPucATlon mio ocr. 1s. |915.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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A. T. VAN ALSTYN.

APPLICATIN FILED OCT. 13. i915.

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ALBERT T. VAN .ALSTYN, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. d, 1919.

Application 4:tiled October 13, 1915. Serial No. 55,597.

. To all inkom it may erinnern.'

.. Be it known that I, 'f ALBERT T. VAN

ALsTrN, a citizen of the United States, re-

sidin at Montclair, in the county of Essex and tate. of `New Jersey, have inventedcertain new, and useful Improvements in Belts, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a belt formed ofv webbing, vfor use 'most' particularly 1n con` nectionl with sanitary .appliancesfor women,

and bands `for'the topof skirts `and 'other like articles.

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'I heusual type of beltofnonelastic.ma-- `terlal forthe purposesabove mentioned is 15 but on the bias-out of abulkfsheet. of material so as to give-the belt the proper configuration, and to eii'ect a saving in material. However, with the belt which is thus the edgesv must be properly hemmed or bound to prevent disintegration of the mate-rial, and in thus .forming the belt the warp threadsof the fabric are .also on the bias orso disposed that stresses are received diagonally thereof. and, -as a .consequence, distortion `of the'belt results which not only produces discomfort to thewearer but practlcally renders abelt thus distorted useless orat'least unsatisfactory.

Furthermore, the elastic belts of thisclass now on'the market, while not 'subject to the same disadvantages* and 'imperfections in? cident to those'inelastic'belts cutonl the bias, arev undesirable for the reason rthat they do not, when formed-y from"` a. straight 'edge' 35 webbing,f`conform yto the configuration of the body ofthe wearer. but mustgbe dinstorted, when'in use, to properly fit and this .distortion results .in rdiscomfort Lto. the Ywearerand also Aprevents the ybelt-from properly,v supporting. and retaining in placethe article to which Aitis attached.

Therefore, one object of the y. presentnvention contemplates a belt of the' above E mentioned -classwhichis woven to shape and therefore needs no binding. 'f Furthermore, 'a

`belt'thus formed is given the proper `configuration in the :formationV or weaving .and

,l therefore' has'the warp. threads ofthe webhing disposed sofas tof'receive stresses-'and strains lengthwise 'which prevents distortion in either'an elastic or. inelastic belt` Another object resides in yso constructing 'these .that they may "be made up from a strip of webbing 1 woven withspaoed :ex-

panded vportions whichare cut d1agonally,

1n 'a transverse direction, through the extion.

F ig; 2 is a rfront elevation showing the l panded portions.

which, order'. to producey t portions 1 toe inclusive, are'spread outer 3, by expanding ythe harness ofthe vlcom'upon which `'the andthus, thou h panded portion and joined on the bias to give the proper dip 'at 'the front and rear to conform vto the shape of the body of the manner vof join v g the :cut endsoztV twoex- Fig. 3 shows, diagrammatically, the method of `forming the belt from the strip of webbing; and l` Fig; .2tv is diagrammatically illustrative of the stri of webbing.

lInv detai The belt, as shown, com rises the two halves A and B each inc uding the expanded portionsl, 2,'and'3, 4 connected by the .narrower thigh portions or lengths 5 and 6,' respectively.v rIlaf'zh half ranl t rea s embracesl a plura ity/ of war e *expanded expanded as shown' in strip of webbing is woven, the expanded portions are wider thant e thighv lengths, they contain'thev samenumber of war threads.

In formingthe belt the original strip of webbingtsee Fig, 4) consists-of a piurality of expandedportions such asf'indicated by Jthe .dotted continuations-in' Fig. 3 and these 'are Acut diagonally in a transverse direction may lbe joined on the .bias asshown. ,This

'producesa belt without waste of. n laterialv and which, besideshaving the proper `dip at the front and v rear, lhas the warp threads ofthe webbing'of. which it is formed disposedjin such a manner 'as .toreceive `disso'` that `the ends of each Ihalf of the belt I icaV tortion stresses and. strains lengthwise l ywhich forms a `belt which. cannot be pulled `out of shape and which, in the original `production or manufacture, is finished on the edges and requires no hemming'or additionalbnding.

By thus forming the belt, however, adrop occurs at C and D which may be overcome by the novel manner of joining the cut ends which consists in using a tape, at the front and rear, wide enough to span this drop, and stitching the same along lines 8 and 9 in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the tape being designated at 10. To this tape may be attached any suitable form of v tion. This belt ma be made similarly inv either elastic or .ine astio fabric, and being equally advantageous in'either type.

While; I have herein described specific embodiments of they present invention, it is to be understood that, in practice, I may resort to such practical modifications as fall within the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

I claim: l

1. A textile belt consisting `of thigh por?. tions connected by inte rally woven dip por"-l tions at the front an ing onthe bias to form the dip.

2. A. webbing belt consisting of thigh portionsy connected by front and rear port1ons.

expanded in the weave and meeting on 'the bias to conform to the configuration of the body to be encircled. l

3. A webbing belt consisting. of Woven halves' having terminals expanded n.the v weave and 'severed -lon the bias, and means joining lthe severed ends of said halves to v form a continuous belt dipped at the front and rear.

IGELI, Said dip Vpor-.- tions bemg expanded in the weave and meetl 4. A webbing belt formed in halves wovenl to shape and having narrow thigh portions provided with terminal ends widened by expanslon in the weave, and means connect-v ing said` terminal ends on the bias to form a continuous belt conforming tothe configuration of the body o f the wearer.

5. A textile belt elastic to lateral stresses and yconsisting of thigh portions -connected by front and rear portions expanded in the weave `and meetingjon, the bias to conform to the configuration of the bodyto be encircled. Y f

6. As.. an article of manufacture, a belt formed .from a strip of webbing or textile expanded in the weave at-spaced distances, said expanded portions being cut diagonally in a transverse direction toform belt halves which are'joined together to form a. continu- `ous belt diPPGd at the front and rear to conform to the body to be encircled.

7.` As `an article of manufacture, a belt formed from 'a strip of webbing or textile material com rising alternately expanded and contracted) portions, said expanded portinns being cut diagpnally'in 'a transverse direction to form joined 'together Vto .for1n a continuous belt with narrowed thigh lengths 'connected by 4front and reardipped portions of increasing lwidth conforming to therv body to be en o circled. o

8. A'belt comprising 4halves joined on the bias at the front and rear to form dips.

9. Al belt comprising a plurality of lengths joined on'the bias t orm dips at the polnts where the said lengths are joined.y

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my elt halves which are hand in the presenceof two subscribing wit- IIeSSBS. y

. ALBERT fr. VAN ALsTYN.

Witnesses: l

MARGUERITE H. NEwooMB, BENJAMIN R. N EwcoMB. 

